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Pittsburgh, PA: Hunt Botanical Library, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, color illustrated white coated paper boards. 267 pp. including index of artists represented and international geographical distribution of the artists. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions and photographs of the artists. A snapshot of the leading modern artists in the recondite but high art field of botanical painting and illustration. A catalogue of the exhibition with notes and biographical information on the artists. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume without dust jacket as issued. FINE..

London: Horace Cox, 1908. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Printinig. Royal octavo. Olive green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt title and cover decoration and gilt spine ditles. 228 pp. plus index and "exhaustive" bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, woodblocks and historicall reproductions. A very uncommon history of pre-Industrial Revolution farmiing in England authored by a Fellow of the Linnean Society. This copy has very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt. Tight, square, unmarked (except for diminutive name at top corner of ffep) with clean unsoiled, unstained pages. Slight sign of damp at lower corner of first few pages which is barely noticeable. Despite the minor flaws noted, still a remarkably well-peserved and very attractive volume. Near Fine..

Tokyo: Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei, 1940. Book. Fine. Illustrated Wraps in Chemise. First Edition. First Edition. 10 volumes in decoratively illustrated chemise with ties and ivory fasteners. The correspondence course is in four parts which are monotone, pink, lavender, green and orange illustrated wrappers . The "Pamphlets" are in brilliantly multicolored illustrated wrappers of delicate hand made paper, each with a pictorial central illustration surrounded by color floral motifs and bound with bright colored silk ribbon ties. Each of the "course" parts is approximately 40-50 pages and each of the "pamphlets" is approximately 16-20 pages. All are generously illustrated throughout with full page black and white photographs of the arrangements. A beautiful fragile collection of finely produced pamphlets covering mlutiple phases of the art of flower arranging, including, Ikebana, Nae-Ire, Moribana, Kansui-ike and Ikenobo, as well as a history of the art. Single page table of… Read More

New York: Abbeville Press, 1993. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Small quarto, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 192 pp. including index, temperature range maps and a 24 page Chart of Plants by Sensuous Qualities. Gorgeously and evaocatively photographed by Jerry Pavia in stunning full color phtoographs on every page with many full and double page of sensuos gardens in every season. A wonderful book full of aesthetic insights and a practical guide to creating a sensual garden with chapters on Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch and Smell. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling price-clipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1985. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First printing. Quarto, blindstamped forest green cloth covered boards with spine titles. 231 pp. Errata slip laid in. Very generously illustrated throughout with stunning full color, mostly full page edge to edge photographs of floral arrangements and settings, organized on aesthetic themes . The authors are the founding owers or the renowned Madderlake florist of Madison Avenue with a national reputation anc clientele including the White House and the National Galelry of Art among others. An unusual and beautiful meditation on the art and design of floral arrangements and full of ideas for the professional or amateru decoarator, interior designer or hostess. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. New old stoack. AS NEW..

Florence: Princeton Architectural Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, white cloth covered boards. 195pp. Rainero takes you on a fabulous photographic journey through historic gardens, ponds, landscapes, mosaics, collonades and statuary accompanied with poetry and brief comments revealing the allegorical and fantasy backgrounds to many famous gardens (including several Medici estates). A beautiful and evocative book of stunning full color full page photographs (many double page and edge to edge). This volume is tight, square, fresh, clean and unmarked in a tight, crisp, sharp dust jacket with one small closed tear at top of spine, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. UNCOMMON..

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1991. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, dark green cloth covered boards with blindstamp title on front panel and silver gilt spine titles. 255 pp.including index and chronology. Very generously illustrated throughoiut with beautiful full color (many full page) photographs by Garbrielle van Zuylen A lovely survey and analysis of the works of this modern master landscape architect and garden planner. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume with very fresh cloth and brililant spine titles, in a crisp, sharp, sparkling, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1997. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, gteen cloth covered boards. 142 pp. including appendices. Illustrated with maps and full color photographs of deer species and resistant plants. A full range of approaches to deterring damage to domestic gardens and plants from deer damage including natural deterrents and naturally deer resistant plants. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright, glossy dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, sand colored cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 191pp. including index and bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with 64 color plates and over 80 black and white woodcuts and engravings. A very beautiful study of the history of this important genre of book illustration with sumptuous color reproductions of early herbals. Wilfrid Blunt is a well-known expert on botanical illustration. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with fresh cloth, bright gilt and perfect interior, in a dust jacket with just a touch of edgewear at top of spine and one very short closed edge tear along top forecorner edge. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

Wimborne, UK: Quarterjack Publishing, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, glossy coated paper covered boards. 512 pp. A complete guide to naming and classification of garden perrenials. A tight, bright, glossy, clean, crisp, unmarked and apparently unread volume in a crisp, very tight, bright, unclipped dust jacket. Prior owner name at top edge of free front endpaper, else fine. A really beautiful volume; fine in fine dust jacket. Virtaully AS NEW..

New York/Rutland/Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1965. Book. As New. Cloth. Second Edition. Second Edition. Quarto (12' X 8.25"), dark brown burlap covered boards over white cloth spine with titles and spine titles in red, white and brown. 282pp. including index, bibliography, glossary and appendix. Very generously illustrated throughout with 200 black and white gravure photographic illustrations and many line drawn plans and charts for garden layout and construction. This book covers every aspect of the classic formal Japanese Garden, from the symbolism of different stone and plant arrangements, to the construction of bridges and fences, placement of ponds and streams, trees, shrubs, moss and lichens, stone paved and gravel paths, stone lanterns, pagodas and basins etc. With separate treatments of the Kitchen Garden, the Interior Courtyard Garden, the Tea Garden, the Rooftop Garden, etc. An exhaustive and authoritative study. The bibliography includes what the authors consider to… Read More

Portland, Oregon: Timber Press/Garden Club Of America Book. As New. Cloth. Revised Edition. Two volumes in quarto, cream linen covered boards with gilt cover decoration and gilt spine titles. Volume I unpaginated (approx. 350 pp.) Volume II, 363pp. Each with extensive appendices and indexes. Very generously illustrated throughout with brilliant full color photographs of each of the varieties of tree and shrub and detailed descriptions, sources and locations for arboreta, gardens and parks where the types can be found. This 75th anniversary celebration set of the Garden Club of America, is a response to the narrowing number of tree and shrub types dominating the field of landscape architecture in the United States and an attempt to gather, catalogue and promote the wide variety of species available in the US. Both volumes very tight, clean, fresh and unmarked in crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jackets. Fine in fine dust jackets. Virtually AS NEW..

Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Small folio, black cloth covered boards. 13 pp. of text including list of plates and brief introduction, followed by 100 full page black and white radiographs (x-ray photographs) of flowers from the garden, trees and shrubs. A fascinating visual display of the morphology of floral specimens, and a genuinely unique exercise in botanical photography. This volume is gently ex-library with a beautifully preserved dust jacket in heavy mylar protector (taped) on a volume which is equally bright, clean and fresh. There are minimal internal library marks on the front pastedown and contents page, which are very inconspicuous and there are NO MARKS thereafter. All of the images are bright, crisp, fine and unblemished. The free front endpaper has been removed. Overall a very good plus to near fine volume in a near fine dust jacket. Despite the defects noted a very attractive and undiminshed copy of this remarkable and scarce work..

New York: Viking Press, 1985. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, green cloth covered boards. 240 pp. including index, bibliography and notes. A pictorial biography of English poet Victoria Sackville-West (Vita) through the lens of the famous gardens that were the trademark of her domestic life with husband Harold Nicholson. Beautifully illustrated throughout with black and white and full color photographs, many vintage photographs of Vita, her family and her illustrious friends from the aristocracy of society and poetry and her English country houses. A very tight, clean, fresh bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, bright, clean, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Pittsburgh, PA: Hunt Botanical Institute, 1970. Book. Illus. by Lotte Gunthart. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Large octavo, white coated paper covered boards with silver titles and spine titles. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color (many full page) and black and white reproductions of the works of this noted illustrator. A special tribute to the famous Swiss botanical illustrator Lotte Gunthart by the Hunt Botanical Insitute, including a short biography and a list of Water Colors and Drawings drawn up by the artist. Includes a half dozen articles by leading botanical authors and scholars. Also included is an article by Gunthart "A Day With A Rose" describing her method of work. SIGNED AND WARMLY INSCRIBED BY GUNTHART on title page next to her photograph. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume. Without dust jacket as issued. FINE..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Pub Co, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small quarto, pale turquoise cloth spine over grey paper covered boards. 323pp. including index, bibliography and extensive appendices. Illustrated with color photographs, black and white diagrams, charts and maps. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..